With so many West Ham fans losing patience with the club’s owners, David Sullivan and David Gold, over player signings, moving to the new stadium and sticking with Manuel Pellegrini, Harry Redknapp has expressed his confusion at the fans anger towards the owners.
Whilst writing his column for the Sun, Redknapp states how there have been many positives for fans to enjoy under Gold and Sullivan and instead questions the caliber of players brought into the club recently. But Hammers fans don’t seem to agree with Redknapp.
Well where to start: we left our beloved stadium for bowl, they refused to back Bilic and threw him under a bus, they sold Moyes down the river, they needed to be pushed to actually spend money, we've been cost cutting where we can (this year especially) and the PR disasters
— Harry ⚒🦅 (@HarryTheHammer_) December 8, 2019
We where sold the move so we could push on & compete. Serious investment once in 8 windows since the move. It was all about following the blueprint set in their Brum days. They’ve no ambition. Fans now see through them for what they are. All we get is spin & BS from them.
— William Field (@wilfield71) December 8, 2019
Typical Harry unfortunately. His whole philosophy is spend a few quid and reap rewards. If not people should be grateful anyway, after all it’s their money! Fans don’t understand that profiteering is what the modern game is all about in his eyes! Fans should just support the club
— Dave ‘Ashie’ Ash (@DaveAsh3) December 9, 2019
True though…the 2 daves are not fans of the club as they love to tell us.whu is just a way for them to make massive profit,dodge a bit of tax and feed Sullivan’s massive ego…soon as they can sell up the better.
— mark honey (@wasaginga) December 8, 2019
4mill on a training ground… wooden fence around temp medical rooms and still no pool. So the lads in rehab have to go to David Lloyd. They close the cheque book before they could finish investing in a balanced squad. They don’t own the ground and yet value the club at 800mill
— HappierHammer (@TiggerWHU) December 8, 2019
Gold and Sullivan are still obviously disliked amongst Hammers fans with few struggling to see any benefit the owners have brought to the club recently. These fans feel Redknapp has an agenda of his own by backing the West Ham owners.
Agree. should look at whoever was bringing in players under their ownership, not just the last twelve months. They may not need to look far. Redknapp throwing his hat in should they sack Pellegrini?
— Andy Myson (@andymyson1703) December 7, 2019
They won’t hire you Harry.
— Jacob (@JacobWaller90) December 7, 2019
Harry Redknapp’s comments are controversial and poorly timed with Pellegrini still under intense pressure and fans unhappy with the state of affairs at West Ham on and off the pitch. The overall agreement is that the owners haven’t invested enough in the squad recently and have made some poor decisions over the past few years.